People

In TGIF#1, we realized that most people don’t want to retire, they just want to do things that make them lead a more fulfilling life. With the next instalment of TGIF, I decided to go deeper into the human psyche. Personally, I believe most people have a ’ positive outcome, future oriented’ perception about themselves. It simply means that people have plans for their future and they strive everyday to be the person who would turn those dreams into realities. ...

Two months ago, I started an experiment on Instagram. I wanted to check if my friends (and followers on Instagram) would engage with deeper questions on life. My assumption was that most people love to have these discussions around deep philosophical inquiries. Hence, one Friday I decided to test it. Branded it as #TGIF ( T onmoy G oswami’s I nteresting F ridays) because hey, let’s be real…who would want to pass an opportunity to create an acronym. ;) ...

The 7 hour long bus journey of a cancer patient On Wednesday, 2nd Feb, 2011, a cancer stricken patient got on a State Transport bus from Guwahati to start a 7 hour long journey to reach Numaligarh, a small town near Golaghat, Assam. After reaching Numaligarh, he walked for 20 min, under the sun, to finally meet my father. The first thing he asked for was a glass of water. He was all alone. But, for what purpose? ...